Sack-holder.



Patented Feb. I9. |90I.

'F. s. LANcHARn.

sAcK HOLDER. (Aplieacion med Apr. 21, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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Barham @irren GF LEVVISTON, MINNESOTA.

:BPECIFIGATILQN forming' part of Letters Patent No. 668,483, dated February 19, 1901.

Application filed April 2l, 1900.

T a/ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. BLANCH- ARD, of Lewiston, in the county of WVinona and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sack-Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in sackholders, and has for an object to provide an improved construction of holder which will adjust itself automatically to the length of the sack, will permit the sack to be entirely filled, thus avoiding refilling, will not injure the sack, will hold a sack whichhas no hern requires but little space, and will greatly facilitate the filling of bags.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the sliding carrier for the bagholding plates. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the holder, and Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the movable support for the bag-holding plate.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable support or main frame, which is shown as a plate or board A, provided with eyes A', through which may be passed screws or bolts for holding the board to a wall or other suitable support. The frame A has suitable guides B, on which slide vertically the carrier C for the plate-holding arms.

The carrier C has a main plate C, provided with portions C2, looped over the guides B, and with forwardly-projecting bars D, which are provided near their outer ends with openings for the bolts E and F, which secure the shanks G and H of the xed and pivoted holders G and H for the mouth holding plates G2 and H2.

The holders for the 4plates G2 and H2 are provided near their outer ends with depending portions g2 and 71,2, to which the plates G2 and H2 are lixed at their inner ends, the outer ends of the said plates being free and such plates being curved inwardly or returned toward their free ends, as shown.

The fixed holder G is held from turning onits bolt E by fitting the free end of said holder serial No. 13,752. illo model.)

G' in a socket I in the main plate of the ver# tically-inovable carrier, while the holder H is movable pivotally on its bolt F and is actuated by a spring K, which operates the said holderrH' in such manner as to expand or spread the plate carried thereby. The spring K is shown as a coilspring connected at one end to the shank of the holder H and having at its other end a loop fitting on the shank of the fixed holder G', thus anchoring the spring at such endso it will properly operate the pivoted holder H', as desired.

In the operation oi the invention the depending portions g2 and h2 permit the mouth of the bag to extend up above the inner ends of the plates G2 and H2 secured to the holders G/ and H, and the outer ends of the plates being also Iitted within the mouth of the bag the said plates will lie entirely within such mouth oi' the bag and when freed will operate to bind tightly within the bag in such manner as to securely hold the same. In this operation the form of the mouth holding plates G2 and H2 in connection with the spring K for actuating the pivotal holder for one oi' the plates renders the device capable of fitting any size of bag within a considerable range, as will be readily understood.

The carrier is spring-supported, being carried by a spring L, secured to the frame A above the carrier, and connected at its lower end with the carrier, so the latter may yield vertically to adapt it to any height of sack. Manifestly the device may be adjusted up or down to suit the height of the sack, its plates will adapt readily to any size of sack, and the sacks can be readily applied to the holder, properly filled, and readily removed.

By preference the plates G2 and H2 are provided on their outer sides with pins or spurs M, which enter the bag and aid in holding the same to the plates.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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adapted to be suspended from a suit-able support; the Vertical guide-bars arranged upon the face of the base-plate and spaced apart 'from said plate; the carrier having a baseboard fitting between the guide-bars and baseplate, and having loops fitting on the guidebars; a spring connecting the carrier with the base-plate;v and the holder on said carrier, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK B. BLANCHARD.

Witnesses: Y

O. W. HUNT, C. BURFIEND. 

